Starry Rainbow

Back in September, I made a wall art quilt as a commission. I was given some guidelines that I used to decide on a plan.  The purchase also included a quilt that was already made. Of course, I can't find a photo of the quilt, so I screenshot part of the photo she sent me. 

I cropped out the recipient's face.

I did find this "finish photo" showing the binding.

The binding is  a rainbow mix of colors.  

So the request was "go with but not match the quilt" and "a star." 

Here is what I made. 

She loved them both. 

I was very happy to see these photos on Christmas day. 

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Friday Face Off

After seeing some interesting art created by Nicole using AI,  I had to give it a try. My first one was done while trying to see "what makes this work."

I think my description was "man with green hair and purple eyes eating a donut and reading a book"  I know I mentioned coffee in a red mug also.  Just not sure how I worded it. 

Once I had the idea, I decided to create for the Christmas season. 

I forget exactly what words I used for the painting effect, but I do like it.

I stuck with the green hair and violet eyes.

Another Santa- I love his mustache.

Angels singing

Iridescent Angels

Anime version

Santa and his sleigh flying over a Mexican Beach. 

Yes, I do love this one. 

Linking  to the Friday Face Off 

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Christmas is Fast Approaching

Christmas is Fast Approaching and this is the next to last Friday Face Off before the holiday.  So, I have decided to share my Santa/Father Christmas painting from years ago. 

I hope you are all having a happy holiday season.

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Totally Other

One thing that I have been doing for a few years is a volunteer job with the neighboring city's performing arts center.  Recently,  we had Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits for those of you old enough to remember them.)  The show was wonderful.  It was a Christmas show, but he also sang some songs that were hits for him and his band.  We were told there would be a meet and greet after the show - and it was pretty much sold out.  As an usher, when the show is over I am off duty.  So, I got in that line. As were were waiting, a man said "Excuse me" as he brushed past - It was Peter Noone coming through to get to the signing table. 

I didn't get a selfie with him but we did get to speak and shake hands when I got to the table.  I snapped a photo - granted it isn't great because he was moving and talking. 

So I "borrowed" some photos from the staff photographer also. 

All in all it was a lovely evening. 

As there is a face  I will link to the Friday Face Off 

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Quilting Update

I have been busy with a lot of things and haven't had much time for art or quilting. However, I did manage to get  Rising Glory 2 quilted. I was very happy that the machine worked flawlessly AND that my muscle memory for quilting is still strong.  Here is the result. 

I decided to mimic the shapes in the bottom with the stitching to add more motion to that area. 

Then I did pebbles (circles) in the top area to mimic the globes. 
I believe in the original piece, that I quilted all of the background with pebbles.

One of my "throwback" memories today was this young man in Mexico who dresses as an angel.  He shows up in the town square for "Sunday in the Plaza" (the town square.) 

Since I have added his face I will link to the 

Friday Face Off

I hope those of you in the US who celebrate Thanksgiving had a wonderful day. 

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Rising Glory - Second in a series

Back in 2013,  I made a piece that eventually got the name "Rising Glory."  That piece was sold during the Library Quilt Exhibit in Spring 2023.  I wanted to do something similar, but different, as an homage to that piece.  The original piece was not planned for size.  However this time I planned a size to fit a canvas so that I can mount this eventually.   

I used part of a hand dyed gradient from ColorwaysbyVicki as the background. Then I chose some other hand dyed fabric for the elements on this one.  At this point, I don't like it as much as the original, but I have much more work to do on it. 

For now, the elements are layered on the background with fusible web (MistyFuse.) 

I will need to layer a backing piece and some batting so that I can begin quilting, and

perhaps some thread painting.  I could possibly add other element as I go. 

At this point, it is "all a grand experiment" and just for fun. 

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Hummingbird Redux

One of the favorite quilts I have made is the Hummingbird wallhanging quilt.  It is not "squared up" so it would never win an award for quilt-making.  And yes, I am fine with that.  I LOVE this quilt.  It hangs on my bedroom wall and makes me smile every day.  

First let me show you a closeup of the center. 

I think he has a lovely face. The white highlight in the eye as added with paint. Every other part of the center is hand-dyed fabric or thread. 

 

The outer circle is a batik bias tape.  And the four corners are purchased solid fabrics. 

This photo does NOT do this quilt justice. 

Here is a closeup of some of the quilting.

As the hummingbird has a face I am linking up with Nicole at DVArtist for the Friday FaceOff. 

I am hoping that she will be well enough to post the Face Off this week. 

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I know that it isn't quite Halloween yet,  but I have been working on a couple of masks for my costume. I bought these masks at a discount store for $1 each.   Then I decided to use Nicole's corpsing method (or my version of it anyway) to make them better.  I still haven't decided which of them I will wear. I may take both and swap between them.  

Here is one of the masks prior to anything being done to it. 

Yes it looks like a cheap plastic mask. 

Then I added a base layer of white glue

I am guessing that this layer helps it to "grab" when you start adding the other pieces.

Then I added toilet paper and glue according to Nicole's directions. (Although, I probably did the "Gene version" of those directions.) 

Sorry I don't have a progress photo for that.  And finally after several layers and colors of paint: 

 There are is only one "progress photo" of the skull. To be honest, it was the first one and I was too excited to remember to take photos. 

Yes, it would have worked like this but I thought it needed a little "something, something." 

Those teeth still look too "plastic" and white. 

Ah!!!! This is better, don't you think?

Now it looks like I clawed and chewed my way out of the crypt! 

I am linking with Nicole for the Friday Face Off. 

Happy Halloween!

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Family Photos

Family has always been important to me. I have quite the collection of family faces in my digital archives.

Today I would like to share a couple of those. Each of these have my parents in them.   One has maternal grandparents while the other has paternal grandparents.  

This first photo shows my parents with my Mom's parents. My mom almost always closed her eyes in candid photos and sure enough they are closed in this one.  You may notice that she is wearing a maternity top.  I think that I was the "bun in the oven" in this photo.  Dad had a beard which helps us place the time period of the photo. This grandmother made quilts all her life. 

I am not sure of the occasion for this photo but as they were all dressed up, I am sure there was an occasion.  Grandparents are back left, great grandparents are back right. Dad's youngest sisters are front left. And of course Mom and Dad front right. 

I love to look at the faces and see the similarities and the differences. 

I am linking with Nicole for the Friday Face Off. 

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Rainbow Bargello Quilted

The Rainbow Bargello is finally quilted - and of course I had to put a face in the quilting.  Why?  The previous quilt that I added a face in the quilting lines is on my bed. Every time I see it, I grin.  Isn't that reason enough?  

Here's lookin' at you kid!

You might notice that I abandoned the "all vertical lines" plan for this quilt. 

Honestly, for me, it got boring very quickly. 

I think the wild variety in the quilting is just my style. 

Who said that I wanted to be normal?  
Well, they were wrong. 

I am linking up with Nicole at the Friday Face Off.

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Friday Puzzled Faces

I have been quite busy this week - but not with quilting, or creating anything.   However, Mom and I put together this puzzle that I bought at the local library from their "Friends of the Library" shop. 

We actually made record time on this one.  It is only 500 pieces and we started one day and finished the next. It looks a lot more difficult than it is.  The image is certainly busy. 

And there are a few faces in there too.

So I am linking up with Nicole at DVArtist for the Friday Face Off.

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